LUNA-TICS TEAM ROOM: Year-round "Looney" fun.

[Kona2]

I'm not sure how Alaska Dan gets some of his photos - but this one is from the Oro Valley area, just north of Tucson proper. Dan says there are three eggs - just like last year. A good photo of the nesting and something many of us don't get to see. Pretty sure it's a closer to the ground nest, but wouldn't put tree climbing for a photo past the photographer...

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

6.35 MM Chip
2.5 MM Tombeur
1.8 MM Gary
1.75 MM Howard
50 K Thomas

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Jeff M 1,011 m
David W 2,000 m
Thomas 5,593 m
Larry 6,028 m
Gines 6,123 m
Tom R 6,608 m
Jeff D 7,688 m
Ken 10,000 m
Wim 10,000 m
Tombeur 10,489 m
Judy 10,912 m
Howard 14,079 m
Norma 15,551 m...a palindrome!
David A 18,066 m

21,097 or more = mooners!

Rich 21,267 m...mooner!
Robert H 22,000 m...mooner!
Ron 22,822 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Gary 25,921 m...mooner!
Chip 69,249 m....emptied the meter piggy bank! Mooner!

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and way to go! Congratulations, Norma, on achieving a THREE million meter erging season! We wish you many, MANY more celebrations and milestones!

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and we've got ANOTHER meter millionaire! Congratulations and well done to Robert H on achieving a ONE million meter erging season! We wish you many, MANY more milestones and celebrations!

[Kona2]

The traveling javelina mini-herd was on the move through the neighborhood again last night. I think they know the trash pickup schedule better than the human residents (learned not to wheel the bins out any days early). Had ONE lonely bloom on a potted plant out in front, and the weak eyed javelina sniffed it out....and ate it. They also knocked over the planter while they were snorting around. Different wildlife in this suburb for sure.

March Mudness ....put erging on your daily calendar...maybe you'll win stuff!!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

6.5 MM Ron
3 MM Norma
1.8 MM Trevor
1.45 MM Rich
1 MM Robert H
950 K Ron W...the million meter milestone is ever so close!
600 K JD

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Jeff F 2,018 m
JD 2,151 m
Robert H 3,000 m
Randy 3,026 m
Brickman 4,000 m
Jodi 5,202 m
Jason 5,523 m
Maria 6,072 m
Tom K 6,572 m
Andrew C 7,000 m
Louie 8,008 m...a palindrome!
Carol W 10,002 m
Norma 10,101 m...a palindrome...one aught one!
Eric 12,788 m
Howard 14,184 m
Trevor 14,999 m
Ron W 20,000 m
Ron 23,240 m...mooner!
Rich 25,589 m...mooner!
Wild Bill 33,332 m...mooner!

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and way to make a statement! Congratulations, Jeff F, on achieving a TWO million meter erging season! We wish you many, MANY more milestones and celebrations!

No matter what our individual goals and aspirations might be at the start of the season (and hey! another one will roll around soon enough!), reaching meter multimillionaire status brings a smile to your face! When you think about the hours you spend just reaching ONE million, well.....two or more makes an even bigger statement. Jeff's holiday meters got him to this milestone before end of year, and that is AWESOME!

[Kona2]

Tomorrow is another palindromic date opportunity...you can earn your 22,222 m however you choose ...and you'll have some satisfaction that you've matched a cool number!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

6.95 MM Wild Bill
2.65 MM Thor
2.25 MM Ken
2 MM Jeff F
1.45 MM Patrick Hsr
1.05 MM Carol W
500 K Maria...a cool half million!
250 K William H

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Steve D 1,331 m...a palindrome!
Teresa G 2,000 m
GMan 2,095 m
Larry 3,012 m
Jeff F 3,026 m
JD 3,115 m
Frank 3,279 m
Jason 4,242 m
Patrick Hsr 5,000 m
William H 5,000 m
Scott 5,020 m
Rick 5,734 m
Maria 6,101 m
Howard 7,007 m...a palindrome!
Andrew C 8,000 m
David W 8,000 m
Judy 8,095 m
Ross 9,000 m
Tombeur 9,591 m
Ken 10,000 m
Carol W 10,630 m
Eric 11,757 m
Rich 12,323 m

21,097 or more = mooners!

Gary 21,097 m...mooner!
Ron 23,132 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Thor 33,496 m...mooner!
Maria 36,000 m...mooner!

[Kona2]

It will be awhile before we get to the next palindrome in this sequence....

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

7 MM Wild Bill
6.55 MM Ron
1.8 MM danwho
200 K Dan O'

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Brent 510 m
Wim 511 m
JD 1,123 m
Patrick Hys 1,127 m
Gene 2,065 m
Dan O' 2,529 m
Frank 3,268 m
Shawn 3,467 m
Jeff F 4,047 m
Patrick Hmr 5,000 m
Patrick Hsr 5,000 m
Louie 5,666 m
Larry 6,026 m
Tombeur 6,234 m
Robin 7,093 m
Jeff D 8,098 m
Virginia 10,000 m
Trevor 10,065 m
Angelo 12,000 m
Rich 12,067 m
Howard 14,020 m
danwho 15,151 m....a palindrome!


21,097 or more = mooners!

Gary 21,097 m...mooner!
Ron 24,042 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Thor 30,160 m...mooner!
Wild Bill 39,393 m...a palindrome and a mooner! And his 7 MM! And King of the Boat!

[Kona2]

Whoop ,whoop, and way to go go go! Congratulations, Wild Bill, on achieving a blazing SEVEN million meter season! We wish you many, MANY more milestones and celebrations!

[William H]

Whoop ,whoop, and way to go go go! Congratulations, Wild Bill, on achieving a blazing SEVEN million meter season! We wish you many, MANY more milestones and celebrations!

It's been a pretty good season. Never would have been so without the great support of the LUNA-TICS Team - and the untiring daily encouragement of our intrepid leader and her success in motivating our accomplishments. Thank you, @Kona2 !

I hear the hoofbeats rapidly approaching, so the season is by no means over...

ERGSTRONG

[Kona2]

The thing about a snow covered landscape is that it isn't a dark and stormy night. It lights up the backyard like a full moon...only better. The extra lumens bring lots of critters into view, and the K9 sentinels are on the lookout for barking opportunities. Temperatures are hovering in the single digits, slipping into the minuses - and watching from the relative warmth of a sliding glass door (with the drapery as their "cape"), the K9s are almost convinced that they had outside time. Almost. A short time ago, a fox cruising by on the other side of the fence provided explosions of a joyous chorus of "we see something!" barking. I missed the K9s during my Tucson time.

I captured the numbers a bit later in the day - had to shovel snow (and make the choice of shovel over erg today!). I am sorry if I missed anyone's 22,222 palindrome that might have been combined with today's erging session - thus being an embiggerated number! I don't know if embiggerated is really a word, but the guy who does the Bizarro comic strip seems to believe it is.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.1 MM Robin
2.6 MM Minnie
2.1 MM Eric
1.85 MM Gary
1.8 MM Howard
1.6 MM Judy
1.5 MM Rich
800 K Frank
800 K Wim

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Brent 508 m
Louie 1,000 m
GMan 1,057 m
Scott 1,350 m
JD 1,427 m
Rebecca 1,576 m
Melissa 3,743 m
bg 4,020 m
Gene 4,300 m
Patrick Hsr 5,000 m
Anya 5,528 m
Gines 6,187 m
Colin 6,450 m
Larry 7,073 m
Jason 7,432 m
Jeff D 8,321 m
Wim 8,528 m
Angelo 10,000 m
Robin 10,084 m
Trevor 10,320 m
Judy 10,778 m
Minnie 12,033 m
Eric 13,623 m
Frank 16,000 m
Maria 16,248 m
Dennis 18,431 m
Ken 20,000 m
Rich C 20,759 m
Zach m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Howard 28,406 m...mooner!
Chip 30,741 m....mooner!
Wild Bill 34,446 m...mooner!
Gary 49,311 m...mooner!

[TallErgs]

Embiggerated is a perfectly cromulent word. Our terrier does the same thing by the sliding doors in the back. He uses his nose to flip aside the curtain and he stares off into His Domain. He generally only growls though - barks are reserved for 11PM trips outside to go to the bathroom / yell at the animals in the pond.

[Kona2]

C-r-o-m-u-l-e-n-t...had to look that one up!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

6.6 MM Ron
2.95 MM Angelo
1.05 MM Zach

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Titus 1,020 m
JD 1,254 m
Scott 1,783 m
Dan O' 3,006 m
Jodi 3,603 m
William Ch 4,472 m
Melissa 5,000 m
Patrick Hsr 5,000 m
Jeff F 5,038 m
Shawn 5,050 m
Andrea 5,995 m...a palindrome!
Gines 6,239
Dennis 6,445 m
Trevor 10,000 m
Angelo 12,000 m
Rich C 13,145 m
Andrew C 16,000 m
Zach 19,093 m
Ron 46,264 m...a full moon plus some...and a palindrome! And king of the boat!

[TallErgs]

I'm getting back in the saddle to train for RAGBRAI XLIX!

Due to a case of tendinitis in my right forearm, I'm thinking about swapping the handle bars on the BikeErg for something a little more ergonomic. Has anybody here done that, and with any success?

I imagine it shouldn't be too difficult to find a bar with the right diameter and mount it. I'm more curious about how I can cheaply put on 'fake' brakes + hoods, to give the same riding experience I have on my road bike. Thoughts on this?

[Kona2]

I'm getting back in the saddle to train for RAGBRAI XLIX!

Due to a case of tendinitis in my right forearm, I'm thinking about swapping the handle bars on the BikeErg for something a little more ergonomic. Has anybody here done that, and with any success?

I imagine it shouldn't be too difficult to find a bar with the right diameter and mount it. I'm more curious about how I can cheaply put on 'fake' brakes + hoods, to give the same riding experience I have on my road bike. Thoughts on this?

Zach - I bet the Concept2 people have had this conversation about handlebars etc before! Give them a call (and let us know what they say!).

[Kona2]

March Mudness...arriving soon at an erg near you!

The Details: https://log.concept2.com/challenges/mud-season-madness



How Lunies Celebrate March Mudness ....

Seems that each year, we have at least ONE Lunie who wins a prize from the random drawings! Even better, we have a lot of participation. Many of us start out with the 10 K aspiration, and sometimes slide into the 5 K list...but it's ALL good, no matter what amount you erg! Hope to see a LOT of pot of gold participants!


The 5K is a shamrock designation

The 10K is a pot of gold! Virtual naturally.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.7 MM Thor
700 K Dennis
400 K bg
50 K Melissa

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Tony 1,111 m...a palindrome!
Jeff F 2,025 m
GMan 2,046 m
Benjamin 3,000 m
Melissa 3,000 m
Shawn 3,361 m
Patrick Hmr 4,035 m
Gene 4,184 m
Rick 5,763 m
Patrick S 6,554 m
Frank 6,563 m
Wim 8,377 m
K2 10,000 m
Ken 10,000 m
Carol W 10,055 m
bg 10,406 m
Angelo 12,000 m
Dennis 13,431 m...a palindrome!
Howard 14,300 m
Minnie 14,600 m
danwho 15,151 m...a palindrome!
Judy 16,000 m
Rich 19,468 m
Thor 22,146 m...mooner!
Ron 23,332 m..a palindrome and a mooner!